New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-20

prived OF his Archbisheprio of BOLOGNA at th9
bitterly Of biz invstersts hostility, to the Kings
Governments which paid him. Thirdly. Cardinal nsd
Psroccb was Leo kills closest competitor ct the
last conclave. and fearing that the Cardinal mieI
possibly be elected to succeed hum and thas a.,
hopes OF reconciliation between Church anu oaa t
would be at end the Pope has aPpoh.Wesa MI"
the extremely difficult post OF Cardinal vicar.
such he has control of all the cathedrals %
and corgy of the capital and In consequence %
strict discipline which ne is oppso peeessariy
has become exceedingly unpopuiar; an e'nn;nted
which the Pontiff had In view wheh ne appo,"''O
DAILY prorress Is being made toward an unuei'
standing between the Vatican aud the Sul iih
Italians of OIL denominations even sac. nhsnnts
as Signor Crispi. are convinced OF tne ~ n;
necessity of establishing moius uivepdi when wiz
enable the Papacy to continue to make IT'S nome III
Italy The Italians not blind to the advantages
of the fact that the Spiritual head OF Catnonc
Christendom Is an Italian. and the seat OF ms >
Spiritual Government at Rome. curious lnclaen ~
bearing some relation to this feeling occurreu az
the last conclave The sixty Cardinals gathered 10
elect successor to Plus TX. before proceeding W
ballot. held secret con ference IN the apar.men.s
of the Camerlngo Cardinal Pecci; In order ~, "
decide where the conclave should take place; All
excepting six Cardinals. amongst them Ir,hoo
Hohenche were In favor OF h0ane be 1 in favor
The meeting was adjourned till the next morning ing
when suddenly Cardinal d. Pietro VINO PIeS haS
arose and read remarkable letter which ne nau .
few moments previously received from oig r'r
Crisp the Kings Minister OF the interior. ihg
letter contained an oicial notlhcaton Una. id
tho conclaye be held abroad. the Cardinals wouia
he con veyed with all due honor to the irontier VI
the Kingdom, bat that on the same day the hlnes
Government would take possession OF tne
of the cathedras and of all other ecciesiastlcai
property In Italy. Tie Cardinal added thht spun.
France and Austria. the three prr c'pai Ua.noi ~
powers IN Europe. united in urging 5ne me int of
the Sacred College not to leave Rome in'' Va
course decided the question.
Nor are the italians the only ones to understahd
the advantage OF having the suSrems sfatesman
than Prince Bismarck used every eiort: aIte III '.e
capture of Rome in 1870. to induce Pius IN. 10
forsake the Eternal City. and to take n" hs resi-.
dence at Cologne. If ne mad left Rome Cologne
would indeed have been the very place Tor hiinZam
old ArchbishOp's seat. Catholic population sun
Rhine and Catholic regiments to form the garrison
Bismarck hoped thereby to turn the f9nun in.o
ono of his strongest supporters Cardnal
the mes citations and conducted them IN such
fashion as to make Prince Bismarck ieei 'i"S St ne
had been hoaxed This, ace4Td'ng 70 sne lA''
The occasional protests against the loss VI
temporal power and against the present sla.e u
things. which Pope Leo issues from 'T,o " s,,o
must be received with due allowance lhey arc w,
tended altogether for the benefit OF the taitnIui
abroad. of those in fact who furnish the large sum
of money known as Peters pence Inc re" n1o
derived from this source amounts to ABOUT pooo,ooo
per annum. which with an equa! sum ueiinod Y io; ~
the interest of funded property left by rus ~
the Vatican and of the Papal Euncos as foreign
Courts When. eighteen months ago. IL appearen
as If the definite reconciliation between Chu1ch
and state were about tn be accomplished tne outh-
ings of Peters pence fell of to the extent OF some
$4,000 Until some satisfactory hnanci ~
arrangen ent is made between the Papacy anu nc
Ouirnai the myth Of the aPrisoner OF The tati-
can will be maintained. What the Cburcn ne-
sires is that the present untouched annual SUI
vention of $6Oo.000 to the Vatican should 10
derived from some funded OF landed property
rather than from yearly vote OF an ever chahging
Parliament. No matter what happens IL NUS -,
ways be- borne in mind that neither the Roman OuIIa
nor tie Italian nation will ever permit either the
tiara or the SecIetaryship of State to oe held Dy
any one else than Italian; nor must IL TOT one '
moment he supposed that the cassock ahbuIs tns
natrotc feeling which beats in the breast OF eS cry
Italian. be he priest or layman.